The Advantages of Praying

It's better to pray for the person when he or she is alive, when that person has the opportunity of repenting. St. Therese prayed for this one individual named Henry Pranzini and then he exhibited signs of his repentance right before he was executed by kissing the crucifix. It's better to offer masses for members of your family prior to their death than after their death. So we're not going in here for a vague universalism like everyone's basically saved.